JOHOR BAHRU, June 26 (Bernama) -- An Assistant Environmental Health Officer pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here today to a charge of accepting a bribe of RM3,000 last year.
Mohd Azrul Nazwan A Rani, 42, made the plea before Judge Datuk Ahmad Kamal Arifin Ismail.
He was alleged to have received RM3,000 in bribes from a restaurant manager as an inducement not to take legal action against the premises for breach of the Food Hygiene Regulations 2009.
Mohd Azrul Nazwan was charged with committing the offence at a restaurant in Merlin Tower, Jalan Meldrum here between 8 pm and 9 pm on July 25 last year.
The charge, under Section 17 (a) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009 (Act 694), provides a prison sentence not exceeding twenty years and a fine of not less than five times the amount or value of the bribe that is the subject matter of the offence if the bribe can be assessed or is in the form of money, or RM10,000, whichever is higher, upon conviction.
Judge Ahmad Kamal allowed him bail of RM5,000 with one surety and also ordered him to report to the Johor Bahru MACC office once a month and surrender his passport to the court.
The court set Aug 5 for mention.
Lawyer Ahmad Syafiq Mohd Ghazali represented Mohd Azrul, while deputy public prosecutor Siti Asmah Zainal Arifin, from the MACC, appeared for the prosecution.
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